Discretionary Grant

We are delighted to award a discretionary
grant to Local Partner, Mirela Navligu. Mirela has been running
music as therapy sessions at her old place of work since 2004, but
went on to set up 'VivArt', an arts therapy centre in Timisoara
last year. Knowing the benefits regular music therapy sessions can
have on children with special needs, she appealed for our support
to help her introduce a therapeutic music programme there. The
grant will provide Mirela and the children attending the centre a
wide range of instruments and written resources to enable them to
enjoy regular music sessions together. Upon receiving the grant,
she said:

"Thank you so much for recognising our
work. It will be a great joy for the children but also a huge
surprise. In fact your e-mail came at just the right time as we are
in discussions with the association in Arad for children with
autism who would like to begin music therapy sessions. We have been
working with a boy with Down's Syndrome for four years, who loved
our huge drum but now we only have a small bongo. He will be
delighted with the new one when it arrives!"

We are very
happy to be sending Mirela a collection of new instruments for
'VivArt' very soon!